Archive for January 14th, 2014

A wireless, camera-equipped robot is displayed by the U.S. Border Patrol during a briefing in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. With more than 75 underground drug smuggling tunnels found along the border since 2008, mostly in California and Arizona, the...

Money traders work under a screen indicating update of U.S. dollars against yen at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. The euro was up 0.2 percent at $1.364 while the dollar rose 0.2 percent to 104.33 yen. (AP Photo/Shizuo...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, following a Democratic policy lunch. A massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, aimed at funding the government through October and...

In this Nov. 26, 2013 photo, Jon Hernandez of Roselle Park, N.J. plays a game of Internet poker from his home. Atlantic City’s casino revenue fell below $3 billion last year for the first time in 22 years, as increasing competition in the northeastern...

H. Ty Warner, the billionaire who created Beanie Babies, gets into a car outside the federal building in Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, after being sentenced to two years of probation, but no prison time, for tax evasion on $25 million in income he had in...

FILE – In this Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, file photo, incoming General Motors CEO Mary Barra introduces the 2015 GMC Canyon at media previews for the North American International Auto Show, in Detroit. General Motors Co. said Tuesda, Jan. 14, 2014 that it...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man who rammed a vehicle into an Albuquerque police car and then barricaded himself in a home now is in custody. Albuquerque police say 23-year-old Jonathan Zottnieck climbed out of a window and was arrested behind the home...

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A man convicted of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint before pointing a weapon at Clovis police has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Paul Villanueva was sentenced Tuesday and will serve at...

ALBUQUEQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge in Albuquerque has sentenced the husband of a former federal prosecutor to prison on convictions that he leaked word of a smuggling investigation and lied to investigators. According to the U.S. Attorney’s...